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Click menu item on Mac OSX Lion using AppleScript

I have a problem using a simple AppleScript on Mac OSX 10.7.3. With the following simple AppleScript which I find everywhere OSX raises an error 'The action "Run AppleScript" encountered an error'

I open up the Automator, create a Service, drop in a "Run AppleScript" node and enter the following code which I assume is correct because as I said it is the way a lot of people are doing it without any complaints.

AppleScript:

tell application "Terminal" to activate
    tell application "System Events"
        tell process "Terminal"
            click menu item "New Window" of menu "Shell" of menu bar 1
            tell application "Terminal" to close the front window
        end tell
end tell

EDIT: When running in Automator I also get an error description:

Run AppleScript failes -1 error
Access for assistive devices is disabled"
Solution

  • Is Enable access for assistive devices enabled? If so, have you tried to reenable it?